Step into a Salt Water Pool from the Porch

Last summer, some friends of ours were moving and our granddaughter was visiting, so they gave us their above ground swimming pool. We loved it so much, we bought a deeper pool, added some privacy screening, a saltwater system and a ladder to climb in right off the porch.

It was not a very deep pool, but Summer was not a very tall girl.

It was just going to be temporary, so we put down a tarp and put the pool on the level part of the driveway in front of the house.

And we loved it! I did not remember how much fun it is to play in a pool!

So, at the end of the summer, we bought a deeper pool on clearance. We also bought a salt water system.

We took down the old pool and leveled the area better. Then we spread sand. A lot of sand. We assembled the new pool and called the water guys to come fill it up.

The kids were in the pool as soon as there was water.

We bought a ladder and cut the porch railing so that we could get into the pool right off the front porch.

The kids could do running flips.

We added reed screening.

Here is a better view of the ladder into the pool.

Every morning, as soon as it is warm enough, I get in the pool and exercise. I at least put my feet over the edge into the water and kick against the resistance.

We probably used more salt than we had to, but salt water makes your skin feel really good.
(If you drop a phone that is not waterproof into a salt water pool, there is not enough rice in the world to save it.)

In the winter the pool froze solid.

One time we had a really hard rain and wind. The floats on the pool overflowed and made it to the brook.

When we brought Geordie home, his first stop was a jump into the pool.

We drained the pool at the end of 2017 because we are moving into the new house. Cliff put the railing pieces he had cut back in. I sold the pool on Facebook Marketplace. Goodbye pool! (I have figured out where the pool will go at our new house…)